One downside of living in New Caney, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.09 minutes every day commuting to work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of New Caney rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.74% of adults 25 and older in New Caney have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in New Caney in 2022 was $31,830, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $127,320 for a family of four. However, New Caney contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
New Caney is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call New Caney home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of New Caney residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. New Caney also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 45.11% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in New Caney include English, German, Irish, Italian, and French.
New Caney also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 19.04%.
The most common language spoken in New Caney is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
